The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-15
He Will Come and be q Man
Amonq Men-Laying
No Claims 10
Supernatural Powers; For He
VIII Not Believe In Such
M0nstrOsities. .
The Beautiful Theories Of MessIanIsm
sketohed by One Who Knows
Then and History.

For The Enquirer.
The idea OF "a Messianic era" In hu-
man history Is q natural thought CON-
mon 10 all civilized races.
II pervades the literature Of China,
India, PersiaN and Judea, giving to the
dark pictures Of the past ages the rose
ate glow Of an auroral dawn In the fti-
tu:e Of an age when knowledge shall
be increased anil righteousness shall
cover the earth. a. the waters cover the
great deep" Although this idea has
been clothed In the fervid and pictur-
esque language which charscterixes all
eastern lore. 1t has, nevertheless, taught
the peoples OF all nations to look for
ward 10 time when "All tears shall be
wiped of all faces. when sorrow and
signing shall cease and men shall learn
war no more"
when universal truth. peace and JUS
tice shall prevail and man shall attain,
wisdom and Immortality on the earth.
When the dominance Of the besstlv ma.
ture with all the brutal greed and cum
ming Of the blind, selfish propensities.
shall have given place TO the henefcent
rule OF wisdom In all the affairs OF hu.
man life"
The Messianic idea has also invaria-
bly, been connected with the one Of the
coming Of "a great teacher whose ex'
tensive knowledge would enable him to
mould the thought OF the Messianic age
In harmony with the laws Of mau's be-
Ing. until at last the full measure or
unfoldment Of man" Is reached, and
all human wants are abundantly pro-
vided for in the harmonious conditions
Of the race and the consequent perfec-
ticu ofhoman Institutions. To accom-.
plish this great end 80 much desired at
the present time y the awakening
minds of the masses known a. "the In.
dustrial Glass; this leading mind must
be able 10 transfer the social question"
from the realm Of speculative pbiloso-
ply to the domain Of pure science.
lie must be able to perfect the science
Of man; TO define clearly the laws Of his
being, their naturs aud character and
harmonious arrangement, both men,
tally and physically.
lie must understand perfectly the or
ganio structure Of the human body and
the natural uses Of each organ. separ-
ately aud collectively. lie must be "a
mihu with scientific lore in It's every
department and be able to demonstrate
its truth OF It's falsity. @
lie must read correctly the written
record Of the earth's geologic ages'and
DO able to sketch the genesis Of the
earth and the heavens by which man is
surrounded.
lie must gather together the frag-
ments Of the truths that have been elab.
Grated bv the work Of the many masters
ofthought In all the ages; discover their
united lass; work out the details and
demonstrations Of these laws aud bring
them ,lthin the range Of such scientific
l roof as can be understood alike bv all
persons"
lie must understand the eternal forces
Of creation and their modes Of operation.
and DO able to definitely state their
number and the character Of the work
they perform In the great laboratory Of
nature.
lie must not be an agnostic in any di'
rection.
lie must be thoroughly conversant
with the law Of organic structure and
DO able to trace the law OF evolution
distinctly and CORRECTLY from the lowest
form Of animal life up to that OF man.
who is the crowning form Of the organic
series.
For pure science has no broken links
IN It's calculations. Therefore 1t follows
naturally. that the science Of man, as u
whole. being complete in all its parts,
individually, relatively aud collectively.
will include perfect and practical sys-
TEN Of social life, which mus; IN the
very nature Of things sooner or later be
universally adopted.
The Messianic idea involves the com
ing Of such great teacher on the earth,
not once alone. but manv times, and al
ways, at certain periods in the develop
ment Of the race, when some decided
change in t1o history Of man Is abou. to
taSe place. through the unioldtnent OF
faculties Of higher order, which in
their turn become the dominant facul'
Ties Of the incoming ETA. Every race
has It's "Messianic' or great leaders and
moulders Of the thought, customs, laws
and institutions OF the future. To us.
the result Of their teachings and labors
are now matters Of history.
Confucius and Lao-Tse wer, the great
teachers and leaders Of the Mon,o ,olian
race, Guatama the founder Of Bad
dhlsm, and zoroaster. who founded the
Persian religion, were the Messishs Of
the Aryah race. While Jesus and Ma
hommed (or Mahomet) were the Mes
siahs Of the Semitic races.
Each Of these six great teachers were
Inspired by lofty motives and ell taught
i